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Paul Werstine Books in Order

Paul Werstine is a Canadian Shakespeare scholar and textual critic who taught Shakespeare and medieval and Renaissance English literature at King's University College and Western University. His research focuses on the transmission of early modern dramatic texts, Shakespeare's print history, textual criticism, and the history of Shakespeare editing. He is co-editor of the Folger Shakespeare editions, general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare, author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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Paul Werstine's Newest Book

A Midsummer Night's Dream

edited-shakespeare-edition · First published 2022

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Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare

Werstine's sole authored monograph and the clearest introduction to his central research on Shakespearean textual transmission and editorial theory.

Hamlet

An accessible representative volume from his foundational Folger Shakespeare editorial collaboration.

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Books by series

scholarly-edition-series · ongoing

New Variorum Shakespeare

A Modern Language Association series of scholarly editions that assemble the textual and critical history of Shakespeare's plays.

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1

The Winter's Tale
Book 1 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2005

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2

The Comedy of Errors
Book 2 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2011

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3

King Lear
Book 3 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2020

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4

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Book 4 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2022

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scholarly-edition-series · completed

Folger Shakespeare

A series of Shakespeare editions prepared for the Folger Shakespeare Library and edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine.

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1

Julius Caesar
Book 1 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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2

Romeo and Juliet
Book 2 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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3

Macbeth
Book 3 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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4

The Taming of the Shrew
Book 4 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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5

Hamlet
Book 5 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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6

The Merchant of Venice
Book 6 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1992

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7

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Book 7 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1993

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8

King Lear
Book 8 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1993

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9

Othello
Book 9 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1993

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10

Twelfth Night
Book 10 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1993

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11

Henry IV, Part 1
Book 11 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1994

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12

The Tempest
Book 12 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1994

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13

Much Ado About Nothing
Book 13 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1995

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14

Richard II
Book 14 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1995

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15

Richard III
Book 15 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1995

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16

Henry V
Book 16 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1995

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17

The Comedy of Errors
Book 17 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1996

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18

Love's Labor's Lost
Book 18 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1996

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19

As You Like It
Book 19 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1997

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20

Measure for Measure
Book 20 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1998

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21

The Winter's Tale
Book 21 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1998

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22

Henry IV, Part 2
Book 22 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1999

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23

Antony and Cleopatra
Book 23 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1999

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24

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Book 24 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 1999

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25

King John
Book 25 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2000

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26

All's Well That Ends Well
Book 26 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2001

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27

Timon of Athens
Book 27 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2001

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28

Three Comedies
Book 28 · edited-shakespeare-collection · 2002

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29

Cymbeline
Book 29 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2003

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30

Three Tragedies
Book 30 · edited-shakespeare-collection · 2003

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31

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Book 31 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2004

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32

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Book 32 · edited-shakespeare-collection · 2004

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33

Titus Andronicus
Book 33 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2005

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34

Pericles
Book 34 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2005

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35

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems
Book 35 · edited-shakespeare-collection · 2006

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36

Henry VIII
Book 36 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2007

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37

Troilus and Cressida
Book 37 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2007

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38

Henry VI, Part 1
Book 38 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2007

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39

Henry VI, Part 2
Book 39 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2008

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40

Coriolanus
Book 40 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2009

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Henry VI, Part 3
Book 41 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2009

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42

The Two Noble Kinsmen
Book 42 · edited-shakespeare-edition · 2010

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scholarly-annual-series · ongoing

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

An academic series of studies and documentary materials on medieval and Renaissance English drama; Werstine served as associate or assistant editor for its first four volumes.

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1

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England I
Book 1 · edited-scholarly-volume · 1984

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2

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England II
Book 2 · edited-scholarly-volume · 1985

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3

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England III
Book 3 · edited-scholarly-volume · 1986

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4

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England IV
Book 4 · edited-scholarly-volume · 1989

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Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare
scholarly-monograph · 2012

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